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Bristol Myers Squibb/Bristol Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation (The Lash Group, LLC) data breach

USUnited States

Bristol Myers Squibb/Bristol Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation (The Lash Group, LLC) (United States) notified the Washington Attorney General of a data breach on 17 May 2024. It told that state about 34,644 Washington residents; the total can be higher.

One of 3 organisations whose data was taken through The Lash Group. The The Lash Group breach →

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
34,644 Washington residents (one state’s count; the total can be higher)
Reported
17 May 2024

What was exposed

The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does.

How it happened

Through
The Lash Group, LLC Bristol Myers Squibb/Bristol Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation (The Lash Group, LLC) source · 3 organisations hit through The Lash Group →

Sources

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to Washington. · Corrections and changes

If Bristol Myers Squibb/Bristol Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation (The Lash Group, LLC) had your data

  1. Look for Bristol Myers Squibb/Bristol Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation (The Lash Group, LLC)’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
  2. The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does. If Bristol Myers Squibb/Bristol Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation (The Lash Group, LLC) has a password of yours, change it now to be safe.
  3. Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be Bristol Myers Squibb/Bristol Myers Squibb Patient Assistance Foundation (The Lash Group, LLC), your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.

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What regulators did

  1. Enforcement notice · UK Information Commissioner’s Office · SA Assistance Ltd
    Contravention of Regulation 21A and 24 of the PECR. SA Assistance Ltd instigated calls to individuals about claims management services without consent. The decision

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